Movies: Joel Asikainen

A story about an upper-class student and a poor servant girl who fall in love despite everyone being against it....

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The life story of Aleksis Kivi, author of the first Finnish novel in Finnish language and (posthumously) its most successful writer....

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Niskavuori's Aarne (Arne från Niskavuori) is a Finnish drama film from 1954. It is based on Hella Wuolijoki's play Niskavuori's Bread. In chronological order of the Niskavuori series, the film is the fourth. Aarne has married Ilona and left the hou...

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Pekka Lipponen is trying to trace hidden diamonds before a group of bandits finds them. He enlists his friend Kalle-Kustaa Korkki to help him....

1892. Vappu Biörcke and Kaarlo Härkönen get to know each other during the summer in the countryside at the birthday of Vappu Jalle-sedä. In Helsinki, the young people continue their courtship under the supervision of Vapu's aunt, Moster Mella. Howeve...

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Life changes for Eeva, working in a hosiery factory as she was chosen as a model. Soon she gets involved in a police operation while working as a courier for her boyfriend....

Helena Kara plays a dual role in this spectacularly portrayed adventure story where a real Countess and a false one cause misunderstandings. The film won Jussi Awards for filming and staging....

Journalist Sanni visits the countryside to write about the timber industry. Looking for a room she is immediately thrust into the merry community of loggers, always up for a song, but one of them, Hurma-Jussi, is a little too persistent. Luckily, she...

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A film about two rival student groups making their own Olympics. The student chairman Pena recruits to a boxing match the insect researcher and bookworm Matti Kiviaho, mainly to embarrass him before his girlfriend Laila. During the summer young peop...

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Two Finnish naval captains face spies in Gothenburg harbor during the second world war....

A fictional love story between famous composer Gabriel Linsén and opera singer Maria Sawina in 19th century Finland....

Lieutenant Ville Somero investigates a sabotage at a fortress site on the Karelian Isthmus in the summer of 1939. His suspicions are directed at the guests of a nearby guesthouse. Aarno Teräs an engineer leading the fortification site, and his bride ...